Ninety-nine always makes me laugh.
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Ninety-nine
Synonyms for "ninety-nine" (5 found)
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67 translations across 56 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تِسْعَة وَتِسْعُيون num (cardinal number 99)
Armenian
1 entries- իննսունինը num (cardinal number 99)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- doxsan doqquz num (cardinal number 99)
Basque
1 entries- laurogeita hemeretzi num (cardinal number 99)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзевяно́ста дзе́вяць num (cardinal number 99)
Bengali
1 entries- নিরানব্বই num (cardinal number 99)
Breton
1 entries- naontek ha pevar-ugent num (cardinal number 99)
Catalan
1 entries- noranta-nou num (cardinal number 99)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏐᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏐᏁᎳ num (cardinal number 99)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 九十九 num (cardinal number 99)
Cornish
1 entries- nownsek ha peswar ugens num (cardinal number 99)
Czech
2 entries- devadesát devět num (cardinal number 99)
- devětadevadesát num (cardinal number 99)
Danish
1 entries- nioghalvfems num (cardinal number 99)
Dutch
1 entries- negenennegentig num (cardinal number 99)
Esperanto
1 entries- naŭdek naŭ num (cardinal number 99)
Finnish
1 entries- yhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän num (cardinal number 99)
French
2 entries- nonante-neuf num (cardinal number 99)
- quatre-vingt-dix-neuf num (cardinal number 99)
Galician
1 entries- noventa e nove num (cardinal number 99)
Georgian
1 entries- ოთხმოცდაცხრამეტი num (cardinal number 99)
German
1 entries- neunundneunzig num (cardinal number 99)
Greek
1 entries- ενενήντα εννέα num (cardinal number 99)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- katrevendiznèf num (cardinal number 99)
Hebrew
1 entries- תשעים ותשע num (cardinal number 99)
Hindi
1 entries- निन्यानवे num (cardinal number 99)
Hungarian
1 entries- kilencvenkilenc num (cardinal number 99)
Icelandic
1 entries- nítíuogníu num (cardinal number 99)
Italian
1 entries- novantanove num (cardinal number 99)
Japanese
2 entries- 九十九 num (cardinal number 99)
- 九十九 num (cardinal number 99)
Korean
2 entries- 구십구 num (cardinal number 99)
- 아흔 아홉 num (cardinal number 99)
Lao
1 entries- ເກົ້າສິບເກົ້າ num (cardinal number 99)
Latin
1 entries- ūndēcentum num (cardinal number 99)
Lithuanian
1 entries- devyniasdešimt devyni num (cardinal number 99)
Lombard
1 entries- novanta-neuv num (cardinal number 99)
Malay
1 entries- sembilan puluh sembilan num (cardinal number 99)
Malayalam
2 entries- തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയൊമ്പത് num (cardinal number 99)
- തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊമ്പത് num (cardinal number 99)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᠶᡠᠨᠵᡠ ᡠᠶᡠᠨ num (cardinal number 99)
Manx
1 entries- kiare feed as nuy-jeig num (cardinal number 99)
Māori
2 entries- iwa ngahuru mā iwa num (cardinal number 99)
- iwa tekau mā iwa num (cardinal number 99)
Navajo
1 entries- náhástʼédiin dóó baʼąą náhástʼéí num (cardinal number 99)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nittini num (cardinal number 99)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nittini num (cardinal number 99)
Old English
1 entries- nigon and hundnigontiġ num (cardinal number 99)
Polish
1 entries- dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć num (cardinal number 99)
Portuguese
1 entries- noventa e nove num (cardinal number 99)
Russian
1 entries- девяно́сто де́вять num (cardinal number 99)
Sanskrit
2 entries- एकोनशत num (cardinal number 99)
- नवनवति num (cardinal number 99)
Spanish
1 entries- noventa y nueve num (cardinal number 99)
Swahili
1 entries- tisini na tisa num (cardinal number 99)
Swedish
1 entries- nittionio num (cardinal number 99)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- nainpela ten nain num (cardinal number 99)
Turkish
1 entries- doksan dokuz num (cardinal number 99)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дев'яно́сто де́в'ять num (cardinal number 99)
Urdu
2 entries- ننانوے num (cardinal number 99)
- ننیانوے num (cardinal number 99)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chín mươi chín num (cardinal number 99)
Welsh
4 entries- cant namyn un num (cardinal number 99)
- naw deg naw num (cardinal number 99)
- pedair ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain num (cardinal number 99)
- pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain num (cardinal number 99)
Yup'ik
1 entries- yuinaat cetaman qula qulngunritaraan num (cardinal number 99)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
My grandfather lived to be ninety-nine years old.
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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Source: tatoeba (278964)
Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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